Category: Parenting
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Public health, groupthink, and my son's jacket
Statistical analysis, anyone? Yet another example of how people don’t understand how public health decisions are made… “I guess I am the 0.7 woman whose life would be considered expendable under the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendations on mammography screening,” writes a reader to the SF Chronicle. She points out that her potentially…
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Household economies
I have two major strikes against my ability to make money: First, the career path that called to me was writer and teacher. Neither has ever paid my way in life. The second is having chosen to homeschool my daughter. There are people who make a good income while homeschooling, but almost all of them…
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Consuming creativity
The other day I wrote about “media values” — making sure that the media you allow your children to use reflects your family’s values. That made me think more in-depth about one value that my husband and I share that is probably deeper than almost anything else: we want our kids to be creators, not…
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What are your media values?
Last night I had yet another enlightening, funny, and educational time sitting around chatting with a bunch of homeschooling moms. One of the moms asked the question, “Do you limit your children’s time on the computer?” and the most interesting discussion ensued. I said that I was happy that my son likes to program when…
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Portrait of a happy girl
Today I met with my publisher at SantaCruzParent.com. We talked about lots of things, especially social networks like Facebook and Twitter, which I had avoided, but I am now taking part in, reluctantly, sometimes enjoying them. (Want to receive my notifications on Facebook? See “fan me on facebook”: below, right side.) And then Parmalee asked…